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Show Tbeatrum Botanicum. 3 Sedum miinizauin Alpinu i altcram. pi m vikofam 330 cke. Another fmall mountaine haitie Houfele Trise 6.° “Trine, The Theater of Plants, Cuap, 8. ninth Sedum minus of Cluyou may know whofe each of them are, will thew youtheir Alsthors: The firkt isthe r gutratoflore, ‘ Sedtim montanum(erratum The Princes feather fet forth in myformer Booke, montanaol hortis maketh mention: Baubinus thinketh itis the Lé/m¢ fis, the fecond his tenth, whereof Ge/ner in Sedum minus + thé fourth hath not beene exhibited by any before ‘usdunenfis : the third is Clufius his eleventh montanum by Lobel, Lugdunenfis ne the fift is the cwelfth Sedum minus of Clafius , and called Sedum petranws ethit forth for Phyllon Arrhenogonon Dalechampiy,but both Lobel and Clufius taxe him for it: and Gefner alfo mifli- of Diofcorides : Colurona: al{o miflikketh their judgement that would make any of thefe {mall Sedato be Phyllow veflells doe differ from all keth that this fhould be accounted a Sedum,becaufe the formeof the flowersandfeede the otherforts of Sedum, which although they be both great inducements and efpecially the feede veffells being genus the fpecies of any herbe as [have fhewed in many places ofthis workea precife note to know un fering from all other herbes, may beft belong, yet in regard the manner of growing of thefe Honk | to a Seand that thisin the heads of leaves is fo like unto them, Idoe nor fee buz that ic may better bee referred it a Wallmontantm,making eAxoides dum then to a Leucoinm as olumna doth,who calleth it Leacoinm luteum inall not agreeth it that faith flower ; and indeede Clujems obferving the difference,giveth a note thereof, and parts unto the {mall Houfeleekes, and therefore leaveth it to other mens judgements, to call it by fome fitter Sedum name if they can : the fixtis the Sedum minus tertinm of Lobel, Dodoneus calleth it peeces plant might feemetogive, beirig almoft as great as thofé of the white Saxifrage confifting of fiveleavesa th with many heads. the roote runneth inthe ground and fpreade ? 7. Sedum Alpinnm fore pallido, Small mountaine Houfelecke with pale yellow flowers Lowy fe $ thinketh as alfo to be the Sedum Alpinum quartum of Columna, but calleth it himfelfe 3 the eighth is c albe flore five grandifolium, the feventh is the Sedum minus fextum of Cla, q i nam, by Lugdunenfis and by Baubinus Sedum Alpinum rubro mugnofloresthe ninth and tenth areremembred onely by Bazhings and 1 from him :the eleventh hath not beene fer forth by any Author that 1 know before : the twelfth is called by Bawbinu s Sedumfaxatile variegato flore,butisnot that Sedum flofcslis partim candidis parti perpureis that Gefer im bortis Germanie maketh mention of, for that I fhall fhew you byand by to be a Cory/edon with fach flowers, whichareall greater Plants then any of thefe Seda minima, the laft alfo hath not beene reSede, which I thinke are membred by any before, Bawhinus maketh méntion of fome more forts of thefe {mall comprehended under fome of the otherforts,and therefore notfit to be double repeated. The Vertues, bitter Allor moft ofthefe fall Houfeleekes beingin tafte drying and aftringent, and fome of theni little andfluxes of blood o> humors withall doe teltifie that they will well ferve to helpe defluxions and to ftay laskes as powerfully as anyofthe other forts,but arenot fo cooling : but becanle Lhave no author that hath fer downe che properties ofany of them in Phyficke, cither for inwardor outward dileales, this therefore may bee {ufficient forout nation (that arenotlikely to haye much experience of any of them inour land) to have faid thus much. ops in the Jaft Chapter, might juftly The nearé refemblanceof this {mall Honfeleeke unto the fmall Stonécr h to place it here: It creepet havechaltenged the company : but becanfe it isa mountainé kind! I thought better furnithed round about with uponthe ground witha number offall fappie branches of a hand breadth high, and not fo thicke, and of a very at fmall long and pointed leaves, very like unto Stonecroppe, but fomewh flatter lefler than thelaft, of a pale ftipticketafte, up to the toppes where ftand many fomewhatgreatflowers, yet much yellow colour : the reote {preadeth much, wherebyit greatly encreafeth. i 3. Sedum minus montannm florerubro. Small mountaine Honfeleeke with red flowers: whichrifeth Thisrédfowred Houfeleeke hath many{mall narrow andlong leaveslying on the ground, among than up aftalke aboutthree or foure incheshigh, with a few leaves thereon, being longer and more pointed ftarre fathion, thofe are below, and atthe toppedivers large flowers made of many narrow and pointedleaves are which leafe, ofareddifh colour and yellow in the bottome, with a white line atthe bottome ofeach {weeter in {mell that in any otherfort. 9. Sedum [axatile bir(utum purpurenm, Small hairie purple Howred Houfeleeke. thofe of Lentils, the This {mall plant hath fandry {mall hairy leaves fet together, each whereofis leffer than whichis divided inflalke that rifeth is flender and hairy, as the leaves that grow on them to the toppe are alfo, to {mall branches bearing every one a {mall purplifh flower : the roote is {mall and threaddy: Io. Sedum Saxatile atrorubentibus floribis , Rocke Honfeleeke with darke red flowers, {mall long This fall Rocke Houfeleeke fhooteth forth fome flender ftalkes, about two inches high, with leaves, fet oppofite thereon, and {undry flowers atthe toppesof them, ofa very darke red colour ftanding many together, as though they ftood round inan umbell : the roote is {mall and long, flowers. 11. Sedum montansm perpufilumluteolis floribes. The leat mountaine Houfeleeke with yellowifh Mofile on This lealt fort growethinto fundry {mall heads, very thickely flored with fine fmall leaves like. each of theleaves, the ground, from which rife {mall flender ftalkes fearfe appearing with their heads above theroote is them bearing but one pale yellowflower thereon apeece, rifing from out of a large greene huske : two inches ie and (lender, with many {mall fibres thexeat,the wholeplant above groundfearce attaineth unto ofheight. 12. Sedumfaxatile variegato flore, Small rocke Houfelécke with difcoloured flowers. leaves of whofe Like unto the la(t {mall one is this variable coloured Honfeleeke being as {miallas it, the are headsalfo like Moffe upon the groundarefmall Hat fomewhat round,and of a pale grcené colour : the ftalkes Cuar. VIEL. Sedumlaciniatis foljs; Small Houfelecke with divided leaves. Cannot be broughtto be of Banhinus judgement,to make manyforts of this kinde of Houfelecke, for in my minde he forcibly drawethin other herbes to bearethis title, which cannot fitly agree thereunto,as by the defcription of them in the precedent difcourfe, both in the {econd Chapter of the fourth Ciaffis,and in the 40, Chapter ofthe fift Claffis of this booke, and in’ ocher places you may, more plainely perceive. 1. Sedum Alpinum laciniatis Ajuga folys. Small Mountaine Houfeleeke with jagged leaves, I cannot finde any more plantsfitly in my mindeto beare this title but thisand another,-and therefore I mnft give you the de{criptions of thefe onely and leave Baxhinys or any one that will undertake to be hischampion herein, to maintaine his other Boney forts as hecan. Thisfirft fhooteth forth on ail fides many {mall heads Sinall Sea ofleaves from {mall {trings like to the Houleleekes, each leafe whereof is long and narrow, ‘cut in deepely into three divifions, one oneach fide and the end longeft, fomewhat like the leaves of the fweere Groundpine, but fmaller and gfeener, not having any hoarinefle on them, altringent and drying alfo intafte as much as any of the other ¢ he ftalkes are reddith, very flender and not two incheshigh(faith fs bat they werehieher withus) bearing every one of themone {mall lower but fomewhatlatge-with us ) made of fiveleaves a pecce, ofa colour(fefaithC/#/xs) but that which wee had from.M:, f Lanca/birebore pale whitith flowers with fome yellow a middle round umbone; the roote is {mall:but belienfe & Pyranaum laciniatum, jagged mountaine Houfeleeke. manythat rife from among them, bearing every onea finall flowerof foure leaves apeece,diver{ely firiped with white parple and darke redcolours very delectable, 13. Sedum minimum Alpinums vilbofum alterim, Another {mall hairy mountaine Honfeleeke. : This {mall Honfelecke hath many heads of {malllongleaves fet with {mall haires about the edges, among which rife up {mall ftalkes three or foure inches thicke, fet with the like leaves, and three er foure {mall whitifh flowersat the toppes, The Place. Molt of thefe forts grow #ponthe Alpes dnd“Pyreneas Mountaines in divers places; but withallvery hard: i ly endure the tranfplanting into Gardens. wei The Time. They flower in June and July in théir naturall places, but earlier in Gardens when theywill there abide. The Names, Writers, and that ‘Albchefe have béenelately foundout, and are not mentioned by any of the ancient,but Lacer you Tera ¢ ed Honfeleeke hath likewife divers heads of very yes, each whereof.is deepely cut into two, dr more y into three parts, and feldome into more, from among which 1 et two {mall ftalkes three or) foure inches high, with fome fewleaves {et thereon,parted very often into fome branches, at the tops whereofftand foure orfive flowersof five leaves a pecce, ofa pale colour, with divers threds in the middle : the rooteis blacke and {mall, creeping about. : The Place. . The firlt faishC/efius eroweth of the Mountaine called Swedberg or Snowhill among the flonés,but on thé Mouns taines |